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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/196385-t-compiler/wg-rustc-dev-guide/topic/how%20to%20build%20and%20run%20the%20compiler/near/177050407" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Santiago Pastorino <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/196385-t-compiler/wg-rustc-dev-guide/topic/how.20to.20build.20and.20run.20the.20compiler.html#177050407">(Oct 01 2019 at 12:38)</a>:</h4>
<p>have people read <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/rustc-guide/how-to-build-and-run.html" target="_blank" title="https://rust-lang.github.io/rustc-guide/how-to-build-and-run.html">https://rust-lang.github.io/rustc-guide/how-to-build-and-run.html</a> ? I want to know your impressions, if people understood it. I've skimmed it quickly and it seems to be a lot of room for improvement</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/196385-t-compiler/wg-rustc-dev-guide/topic/how%20to%20build%20and%20run%20the%20compiler/near/177050417" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Santiago Pastorino <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/196385-t-compiler/wg-rustc-dev-guide/topic/how.20to.20build.20and.20run.20the.20compiler.html#177050417">(Oct 01 2019 at 12:38)</a>:</h4>
<p>need to read it properly</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/196385-t-compiler/wg-rustc-dev-guide/topic/how%20to%20build%20and%20run%20the%20compiler/near/177075525" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> amanjeev <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/196385-t-compiler/wg-rustc-dev-guide/topic/how.20to.20build.20and.20run.20the.20compiler.html#177075525">(Oct 01 2019 at 17:02)</a>:</h4>
<p>I agree for improvement. I think I have gone through it once in my life for some work with measureme (IIRC)</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/196385-t-compiler/wg-rustc-dev-guide/topic/how%20to%20build%20and%20run%20the%20compiler/near/177087034" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Tshepang Lekhonkhobe <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/196385-t-compiler/wg-rustc-dev-guide/topic/how.20to.20build.20and.20run.20the.20compiler.html#177087034">(Oct 01 2019 at 19:03)</a>:</h4>
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<p>have people read <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/rustc-guide/how-to-build-and-run.html" target="_blank" title="https://rust-lang.github.io/rustc-guide/how-to-build-and-run.html">https://rust-lang.github.io/rustc-guide/how-to-build-and-run.html</a> ? I want to know your impressions, if people understood it. I've skimmed it quickly and it seems to be a lot of room for improvement</p>
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<p>I have... it's a mess</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/196385-t-compiler/wg-rustc-dev-guide/topic/how%20to%20build%20and%20run%20the%20compiler/near/177087394" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> mark-i-m <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/196385-t-compiler/wg-rustc-dev-guide/topic/how.20to.20build.20and.20run.20the.20compiler.html#177087394">(Oct 01 2019 at 19:06)</a>:</h4>
<p>Right now, it is a dumping grounds for anything potentially useful about building the compiler. It might be better to break it into a bunch of smaller subchapters.</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/196385-t-compiler/wg-rustc-dev-guide/topic/how%20to%20build%20and%20run%20the%20compiler/near/177089169" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Santiago Pastorino <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/196385-t-compiler/wg-rustc-dev-guide/topic/how.20to.20build.20and.20run.20the.20compiler.html#177089169">(Oct 01 2019 at 19:27)</a>:</h4>
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<p>Right now, it is a dumping grounds for anything potentially useful about building the compiler. It might be better to break it into a bunch of smaller subchapters.</p>
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<p>Mark, I was skimming it and seems hard to understand from there</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/196385-t-compiler/wg-rustc-dev-guide/topic/how%20to%20build%20and%20run%20the%20compiler/near/177089185" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Santiago Pastorino <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/196385-t-compiler/wg-rustc-dev-guide/topic/how.20to.20build.20and.20run.20the.20compiler.html#177089185">(Oct 01 2019 at 19:27)</a>:</h4>
<p>anyway to give a more honest feedback I'd need to properly read it</p>



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